Beijing on the emblem of Peking University

Before the implementation of the Chinese Pinyin Scheme in Chinese mainland, the Latin transliteration of Chinese characters used Witomar Pinyin and Postal Pinyin. Postal Pinyin is a system of spelling China place names with Latin letters, which began in the late Qing Dynasty. 1906 The joint conference of imperial posts and telecommunications held in Shanghai in the spring adopted this scheme as the standard for spelling China place names. 19 12 postal pinyin continued to be used after the founding of the People's Republic of China, so it was the most commonly used spelling scheme in western countries in the first half of the 20th century, until the people of China * * * and. According to the spelling rules of postal pinyin, Beijing is spelled "Peking", Jiangxi is spelled "Kiangsi" and Qingdao is spelled "Tsingtao". Peking University named the English name "Peking University" according to the postal pinyin method, which has been in use ever since. The English for Peking Opera is Peking Opera, the English for Peking Duck is Peking Duck, and the English for Peking Union Medical College is Peking Union Medical College. In aviation, Beijing's international code PEK is short for Peking.